Hahahha, another Ebay scam...

Danman

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I am selling a Nokia 9290 on Ebay and I got this e-mail today:

Dear Sir / Madam ...

I have seen your item on ebay auction and I'm interest to make a deal with you, and for the payment are you accept credit card directly?, if you have capability using a machine or merchant account or maybe some one who have owner to check my credit card direct please let me know ASAP, cause I look forward for this. I'll send you my credit card details through email, if you agree for this term I'll bid for USD $ 500.00 per items and i need 5 items for reseel again, but i want include shipping cost use FEDEX SERVICE for delivery service So I can get tracking number to allow my package. to calculate shipping cost I'll give you my zip and city and here they are:

ZIP / POSTAL CODE : 40275
CITY : BANDUNG

please do not hesitate for any questions about this regarding.

Thanks and have nice day :eek:)

P.S
I'll give fee for your friends merchant or machine 10% from the total cost.I can't use online payment like paypal,bidpay,money order, western union or etc cause my government doesn't allowed to use that outside Indonesia.
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Question from: flowercity_999
Title of item: Nokia 9290 Communicator
Seller: cashman1843
Starts: Apr-19-03 08:31:20 PDT
Ends: Apr-24-03 08:31:20 PDT
Price: Currently $225.50
To view the item, go to: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3019765120



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So what should I reply back to him and say? I was thinking on the lines of:

All your bases are belong to me.


or something like that.
Comments? :D
 

yoda291

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does anyone else think scams would be more effective if they were written in english?
 

Looney

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He says he can't use the typical online payment system such as paypal, etc... but he's asking if the seller has a merchant account (something that accepts creditcards), he'll buy the item through there.

I'm not too sure how much of a scam this is... with a merchant account, you can verify the information on the creditcard... and if the information matches, i would go for it. Of course if his creditcard happens to be a US creditcard, with a US account, and he wants it ship to Indonesia, that's obviously a scam.
 

Danman

Lifer
Nov 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: Moralpanic
He says he can't use the typical online payment system such as paypal, etc... but he's asking if the seller has a merchant account (something that accepts creditcards), he'll buy the item through there.

I'm not too sure how much of a scam this is... with a merchant account, you can verify the information on the creditcard... and if the information matches, i would go for it. Of course if his creditcard happens to be a US creditcard, with a US account, and he wants it ship to Indonesia, that's obviously a scam.

That's what I was thinking. I have access to a verification program too. But I'm like 99 percent sure this is a scam.
 

Mallow

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All your bases are belong to me would be an extremely fitting reply IMO. Only that, nothing more!